Rachel Mills

An agent with Rachel Mills Literary (see other agents at this agency).

About

RML was founded in 2019 by Rachel Mills. Rachel previously worked as Literary Agent at Furniss Lawton agency, within the James Grant Talent Group, and before that as Agent and International Business Director for Peters Fraser and Dunlop agency, where she was a member of the Executive Board. Prior to that she worked in publishing at Penguin and Random House. In the 20 years she has worked in the industry, Rachel has secured major publishing and screen deals for a diverse range of authors. Her clients include bestselling authors like Sam Baker, Cathy Rentzenbrink, Catherine Gray, Prof. David Nutt, Nuno Mendes, Max La Manna, Imad Al Alarnab, Rob Dix, Matt Adlard, Helen Carr.
In 2015 she was awarded The Bookseller Rights Professional of the Year Award and in 2011 was nominated a ‘Rising Star’ by The Bookseller magazine. In 2026 she was nominated for Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards.

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Country

United Kingdom

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

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Nonfiction Open

Rachel Mills is very selectively looking for new clients writing commercial and upmarket non-fiction and wishing to develop their work into major global publishing and media brands.
Areas of interest include psychology, popular science, well-being, narrative non-fiction, biography, food, sustainability, health. She looks for authors who are renowned experts in their current field and would like to translate this into books. She looks for projects which are international and will translate to screen, and authors who are keen to develop their work across multiple books. Whatever genre you are working in, voice and storytelling are key for her.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream, Personal.

Topics:

Health/Medicine.
History: Biographies.
Lifestyle: Food and Drink, Mind-body-spirit.
Memoir.
Nature/Environment: General, Environmental issues.
Psychology.
Science.
Sexuality/Gender: Women/Female issues.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Dates

Last Updated: 25 Aug 2026

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